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One of the most elegant spots in New York City is The Players Club. This Gramercy Square mansion is the home of the exclusive organization which Edwin Booth, the greatest American actor of the 19th century, founded as a place where, in Booth’s words, “actors could mingle with gentlemen.”

Theater Talk‘s Michael Riedel is guided around the club by Howard Kissel, author of New York Theater Walks: Seven Historical Tours from Times Square to Greenwich Village and Beyond. The two show us some of the wonderful artifacts that are preserved there, including Booth’s death bed and the Yorick skull from Booth’s Broadway Hamlet (produced in 1866, just one year after his brother assassinated the president). Youtube Preview